Sockel
German, noun/ˈzɔkəl/
Sockel is spelled S-O-C-K-E-L (6 letters) and appears 3.6 times per million words in written German, the 15,594th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Sockel is a German masculine noun meaning “base” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “ein Block, auf dem etwas liegen kann”.
What does Sockel mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinebase
- 2
masculinepedestal, plinth
- 3
masculinesocket, base (clipping of Lampensockel)
- 4
masculinesocket for a chip or CPU
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. ein Block, auf dem etwas liegen kann 2. Vorrichtung, um wichtige Bauteile schnell auf einer Grundplatte oder Platine befestigen und lösen zu können
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of Sockel
- Sockels genitive
- Sockeln dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Sockel?
- /ˈzɔkəl/
- [ˈzɔkl̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Sockel
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Sockel in German?
Sockel appears 3.6 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).